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Discussion in 'Immigration UK' started by jmarris, Jul 31, 2008.

  1. jmarris

    jmarris New Member

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    hi there,

    thought i would share my experiences on the UK spouse visa.

    applied online - 5th May
    confirmation of receipt and biometrics interview date- 19th May
    biometrics - 27th June(application sent via first class mail same day)
    confirmation of receipt of application including biometrics- mon 9th June
    visa approved via telephone call- tuesday 10th June
    all documents and visa received wednesday 11th June

    basically the longest part was waiting for the biometrics. Personally i feel that if you do it properly i.e folder with different sections marriage license, bills bank statements etc. and can prove that the spouse will not need recourse to public funds you should be fine. also very beneficial to have letters from employer and landlord.

    hope this helps
     
  2. ukmax

    ukmax New Member

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    Thanks for all your information, is great to know that, but I am a little confused, you mentioned June 27th Application sent via first class mail same day. Did you mean May 27th?
    How long have you been married for? Are you an US Citizen and your husband is teh UK citizen?
    Do you think it will work the same as for a fiance/proposedcivil union visa?

    Thank you in advance

    UKMAX
     
  3. steph_gold

    steph_gold New Member

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    Hi,
    I am a US citizen and my boyfriend lives in UK. We want to get married and live in UK. I heard that the Fiance visa can take at least 6 months to process and get approved, before I can even go there and marry him.

    Now I'm hearing more and more about the Spousal Visa. How do I go about doing this? And how long will this visa take?

    Thanks!
    Steph
     
  4. olivia1977

    olivia1977 New Member

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    I agreed with jmarris. I would like to share my experience as well. I am Indonesian and I married to a British. We married on Oct 22 in Bali, Indonesia. We applied for my settlement visa on Oct 30 at British Embassy Jakarta, Indonesia. I got a call on Nov 3 from the Embassy asking me to go there for an interview on the next day (Nov 4) and I went there for an interview and they collect my biometrics as well and then they GRANTED my visa on the same day (Nov 4). I was surprised bcos I never thought it could be so smooth and fast. In total it was done in 3 working days! (excluded weekend). So as long as you can provide all the necessary documents then it should be ok! Good luck! :)
     
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